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DoW II (for me) was GREAT for single-player, while CoH is better for Skirmish/Multiplayer.
Best RTSs since Age of Empires II.
07/31/09
I'm guessing DOW is quiet the money spinner for Steam/Relic if Valve are giving them a great huge sale poster instead of the usual small dinky one in the corner for normal WE sale notifications.
07/31/09
DoW2's cover doesn't seem to provide as much protection as in CoH. It also often feels that cover tends to get overshadowed by the 41st century's awesome weapons and melee fighting. As such, it feels like a regular RTS slugfest.
But then again, I haven't played it more than 10 times... maybe I just haven't gotten into the intricacies of the game yet.
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Right now I'm playing through all the Company of Hero games again getting all the medals, it's great fun and the missions are really well scripted.
Dawn of War II's campaign was great fun as well and the multiplayer, while pale in comparison, is still good for a few romps.
The first Dawn of War is great if your looking for more traditional RTS gameplay and the balance now is finely tuned, at least in the original.
Protip: Company of Heroes, as great as it is, is notorius for patching. The game and all of it's expansions together have a lot of patches so if you get all all of the series, be sure to install Tales of Valour first and let it patch, after this, all it should take is entering in the keycodes for the first game and expansion to unlock all the content.
07/31/09
Too true. I remember back when OF first came out, biggest bitch to patch. EVER. Still rings true with the latest expansion. It puts A LOT of people off, which is why the community kinda dwindles after each major patch, or expansion for that matter. Hell it even put me off. I used to play hardcore competitively online, Until the latest expansion came out.
But it was some of the greatest times i've ever had online, really rewarding if you invest the time.
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Also found sins of a solar empire at 9.99 too.
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I'm also for a Modern Warfare version.
I loved the Battle of the Bulge Mod, It was like a fan made expansion. :D
Sorry I'm rambling. :P
07/31/09
Hell yeah! A MW version would be so bad ass. But I'd rather have my Russians and Japanese first :)
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Put it this way, given the choice, I would rather play Tales of Valour any day over the latest C&C games.
07/31/09
With Dawn of War I (+expansions), Relic pretty much killed whatever excitement I was going to get out of StarCraft in one fell swoop, beyond the story (that I'll be buying the game for). Amazing, amazing stuff that has aged really well.
Necrons are hellafun to play.
In regards to CoH... can anyone tell me if the expansions are worth it? I've got the first game and love it, maybe even a little more than DoW, but never got anything to add on to it.
07/31/09
Opposing Fronts is worth it.
However, Tales of Valor...not so much, which is why I'm debating purchasing it or not.
07/31/09
Did Opposing Fronts add anything significant? I'm too lazy to use the internet right now.
Like I'm hoping for a playable Red Army.
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Do you consider two new armies significant enough? :) Other than that, nothing really. Except maybe for a lot of balancing.
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Re: bouncing trees, welcome to game development.
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YOU LIED!
01/29/09
Bring out them shooter boyz!